An afternoon trip to the local cider millhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashx(c) Roadfood.com Discussion Board30RE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (Michael Hoffman) Yeah, I go there several times each fall. At one time they sold untreated cider right from their own apples, pressed on site. But they haven't done that in a while now. I mean, they use their own apples, but they treat the stuff now. I sometimes bowhunt deer on their land. They have several hundred acres, and deer love apples.<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/755807Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:56:32 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (CajunKing) <blockquote class="quote"><span class="original">Michael Hoffman</span> <br> <br> <blockquote class="quote"><span class="original">CajunKing</span> <br> <br> <blockquote class="quote"><span class="original">Michael Hoffman</span> <br> <br> And the official state apple of Ohio is the Melrose. But I can't find any untreated cider in Ohio these days. The last untreated cider I had came from an orchard in Western Pennsylvania, about five miles north of Zelienople. Really good stuff, and they were pressing the apples as we stood waiting for our jugs to be filled. <br> </blockquote> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.lyndfruitfarm.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.lyndfruitfarm.com/">http://www.lyndfruitfarm.com/</a> <br> <br> is only 13 miles from Gahanna and has your untreated cider <br> </blockquote> <br> Nope. Their cider is pasturized. However, I did learn this morning that there is a place in Utica (Ohio), not far from the Velvet ice cream factory that has raw cider. <br> </blockquote><br> &nbsp;<br> I wondered about Lynd, when I called them the girl that answered.... didnt seem to be a wealth of information.<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/755796Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:54:05 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (Michael Hoffman) <blockquote class="quote"><span class="original">CajunKing</span> <br><br><blockquote class="quote"><span class="original">Michael Hoffman</span> <br><br>And the official state apple of Ohio is the Melrose. But I can't find any untreated cider in Ohio these days. The last untreated cider I had came from an orchard in Western Pennsylvania, about five miles north of Zelienople. Really good stuff, and they were pressing the apples as we stood waiting for our jugs to be filled. <br></blockquote> <br><br><a href="http://www.lyndfruitfarm.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.lyndfruitfarm.com/">http://www.lyndfruitfarm.com/</a> <br><br>is only 13 miles from Gahanna and has your untreated cider <br></blockquote> <br>Nope. Their cider is pasturized. However, I did learn this morning that there is a place in Utica (Ohio), not far from the Velvet ice cream factory that has raw cider.<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/755729Thu, 03 Oct 2013 11:46:14 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (mar52) Don, What a wonderful report!<br> A drive in the country with a treasure at the end.<br> &nbsp;<br> I could probably spend a great deal of time in there.<br> &nbsp;<br> Thanks for sharing it with us.<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/755695Wed, 02 Oct 2013 23:24:45 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (CajunKing) <blockquote class="quote"><span class="original">Michael Hoffman</span> <br> <br> And the official state apple of Ohio is the Melrose. But I can't find any untreated cider in Ohio these days. The last untreated cider I had came from an orchard in Western Pennsylvania, about five miles north of Zelienople. Really good stuff, and they were pressing the apples as we stood waiting for our jugs to be filled. <br> </blockquote><br> &nbsp;<br> <a href="http://www.lyndfruitfarm.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.lyndfruitfarm.com/</a><br> &nbsp;<br> is only 13 miles from Gahanna and has your untreated cider<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/755671Wed, 02 Oct 2013 17:22:08 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (myterry2) Looks like a fun place to visit....Thanks.<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/755664Wed, 02 Oct 2013 17:04:41 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (CajunKing) OK Yesterday's trip to the orchard netted me: <br> &nbsp; <br> 1/2 peck Apples <br> 1/2 gal cider <br> and PUNKINS<br> The weather this year was perfect for apples and punkins.<br> &nbsp;<br> I got a X-Lg Punkin, 3 Lg Punkin, and 2 Md Punkins<br> and some cool new punkin carving tools<br> <br> <img src="http://www.roadfood.com/insider/photos/12895.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.roadfood.com/insider/photos/12896.jpg" /><br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/755662Wed, 02 Oct 2013 16:35:07 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (Michael Hoffman) And the official state apple of Ohio is the Melrose. But I can't find any untreated cider in Ohio these days. The last untreated cider I had came from an orchard in Western Pennsylvania, about five miles north of Zelienople. Really good stuff, and they were pressing the apples as we stood waiting for our jugs to be filled.<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/755637Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:14:53 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (mayor al) Although this is an old thread, I am glad to see it pop up again. The Orchard/Cider Houses are becoming a disappearing location in Rural America...Either fading away or turning into commercial operations that are more like Supermarkets than fruit stands. <br><b>Huber Farms</b>, near us is a 5 generation family owned and operated 'farm-business'. They had several thousand visitor/customers at their 'Pumpkin Patch' last weekend !&nbsp; The Strawberry Festival last summer drew almost 50,000...They have expanded in almost ever facet of their farm operation/production. It's a great place to visit and the restaurant is outstanding, but it has lost the 'Down-Home Atmosphere' that Don described so well in his report on the apple-stand.<br> &nbsp;<br> PS- I found some 'imported' Northern Spies at a fruit stand near us recently...at $2.79 a pound I only bought a few to introduce them to Janet, but they were hard as rocks...as a Spy should be.<br> &nbsp;<br> We had about 40 lbs of Arkansas Blacks on one tree in our orchard this seasons. Our 2 Honey Crisps are 8 yr old and have yet to give us any useable fruit..We may be too far south for it.&nbsp; The deer are loving the unuseable fruit and now the Persimmons are getting ready to drop...Step right into our buffet, Bambi, Grandma Janet is waiting for you.....<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/755635Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:51:15 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (love2bake) CK - What a wonderful report!!&nbsp; I'm so glad CC mentioned it today, because this was before I started interacting on RF. <br> &nbsp; <br> Like so many others have mentioned above, Fall is my favorite time of year, too, and this captures a lot of the reasons why. <img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/thumbup.gif" alt="" data-smiley="<img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/thumbup.gif" alt="" data-smiley="[^]" />" /> <br> &nbsp; <br> I'm working up to a trip to my "local" apple place in Watsonville, CA.&nbsp; It's Gizdich Ranch:&nbsp; <br> <a href="http://www.gizdich-ranch.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.gizdich-ranch.com/</a><br> and it looks a lot like Salatin's inside.&nbsp; I'm just waiting on the winesaps, which will be mid- to late-October here.&nbsp; I'll also snag some of their cider which is heavenly. <br> &nbsp; <br> Awesome report!<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/755612Wed, 02 Oct 2013 09:23:48 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (Bushie)Sounds like a perfect way to spend a day.<br><br>Thanks for the great report, CK.<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448514Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:44:37 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (CajunKing)Just got back from Salatin's today, Donna had just made an Chocolate applesauce cake <img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/tongue_smilie.gif" alt="" data-smiley="<img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/tongue_smilie.gif" alt="" data-smiley="[:p]" />" /><img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/tongue_smilie.gif" alt="" data-smiley="<img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/tongue_smilie.gif" alt="" data-smiley="[:p]" />" /><img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/tongue_smilie.gif" alt="" data-smiley="<img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/tongue_smilie.gif" alt="" data-smiley="[:p]" />" /><br>and she had several crocks of applesauce and butter going. <br><br>Talk about sensory overload, I walked in the door and BAM right in the face APPLES and CINNAMONNNNN. WOW, what a treat.<br><br>I got:<br><br>1 LARGE Pumpkin (28&quot; across)<br>1 Medium Large Pumpkin (22&quot; acoss)<br>4 Medium Pumpkins (18-20&quot; across)<br>2 Small Medium Pumpkins (14-16&quot; across)<br>1 Small Pumpkin (9&quot; across)<br>$23.25<br><br>I will have to post the pix of my jack o lanterns after i carve them Sunday or Monday<br><br><br><br>I also got some more apples and cider!!!!!http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448513Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:09:25 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (Davydd)<blockquote id='quote'><font size='1' face='Arial, Helvetica' id='quote'>quote:<div style='border: 1px #999999 solid; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding: 4px;'><i>Originally posted by rumaki</i><br><br /><br>Where can I find Minnesota-made cider?<br><br>By the way, I grew up in Indianapolis, just blocks from what was then the Lilly Apple Orchard. We always got apples and cider there. It's on the grounds of what is now Park-Tudor prep school, but I believe they still operate the orchards.<br></div></blockquote id='quote'></font id='quote'><br>The University of Minnesota Arboretum Applehouse at Highway 5 and Rolling Hills Rd sells Minnesota-made cider. It is pasteurized though. As you know I too am originally from Indianapolis. I can't remember exactly where I bought my cider as there were so many places but it was unpasteurized and I did the ol' balloon fermenting trick before taking a jug along on our high school hayrides. <img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/biggrin.gif" alt="" data-smiley="<img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/biggrin.gif" alt="" data-smiley="[:D]" />" />http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448512Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:19:07 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (rumaki)We have found plenty of apples (Honey Crisp, Regents, Keepsake, Haralson, etc.) at our local farmer's market (Hiawatha and Lake Street) in Minneapolis on Saturday mornings. Unfortunately, this coming Saturday is the last market until the Thanksgiving market. No one has had any cider this season.<br><br>I went to Emma Krumbee's once, on my way back from a speaking engagement at Gustavus Adolphus College. They had apple cider, and it was OK, but not spectacular. The place seemed pretty &quot;commercial&quot; to me -- but I didn't have kids with me, and I wasn't in the market for apples, so I can't speak to that.<br><br>Nearby is the Minnesota Harvest Apple Orchard (just up the road, in Jordan), which was known at that time as Sponsel's -- maybe still is. They had good pies (apple and pumpkin), but the cider (while perfectly OK) was from Michigan.<br><br>Where can I find Minnesota-made cider?<br><br>By the way, I grew up in Indianapolis, just blocks from what was then the Lilly Apple Orchard. We always got apples and cider there. It's on the grounds of what is now Park-Tudor prep school, but I believe they still operate the orchards.http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448511Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:20:09 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (Davydd)<b>CajunKing</b> captured the perfect essence of fall in the apple orchard. That's why fall seems to be the best and most serene time of year. <br><br><b>mncorn</b>,<br><br>I live in Tonka Bay directly north of the Arboretum. My property at one time at the turn of the last century was part of the Minnesota State Fruit Farm and previously land owned by Peter Gideon, the man who developed the first winter surviving apple in Minnesota in the 19th Century, the Wealthy apple. When we first bought our property 32 years ago it was a remnant of a farm and had an ancient apple tree still producing that could have been the Wealthy apple. It is long gone.<br><br>I've driven by Emma Krumbee's numerous times but have never stopped. I keep saying we ought to but it seems it is always too early in a trip starting out or too late and too close to home to bother on a return, and just a tad too far to make a special trip. I say that and I am the man who will drive 900 miles for a pork tenderloin sandwich. <img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/wink.gif" alt="" data-smiley="<img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/wink.gif" alt="" data-smiley="[;)]" />" /><img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/biggrin.gif" alt="" data-smiley="<img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/biggrin.gif" alt="" data-smiley="[:D]" />" /><img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/blushing.gif" alt="" data-smiley="<img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/blushing.gif" alt="" data-smiley="[:I]" />" />http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448510Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:20:16 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (Ivyhouse)Thanks for the great pictures, CajunKing. Fall is my favorite time of year and looking at your pictures I could almost smell the apples.<br><br>What a huge variety of apples at that store! I don't think I have ever seen so many different kinds in one place.http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448509Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:52:31 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (mar52)What an interesting report! I sure miss a lot of things living in the big city.<br><br>Thanks for taking the time to let us enjoy it with you.http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448508Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:18:19 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (billyboy)CK, great report! I too love fall and the aroma of apples in the air. CNY has a great many orchards as well. I love those wonderful fall shots! I espcecially liked seeing the guy sitting on the milk crate filling the cider jugs. Nice shots of the leaves and the old Pepsi/7-UP bottles. Lots of apples I had never heard of before. Sounds like a relaxing, fun day.http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448507Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:36:18 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (mncorn)<blockquote id='quote'><font size='1' face='Arial, Helvetica' id='quote'>quote:<div style='border: 1px #999999 solid; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding: 4px;'><i>Originally posted by Davydd</i><br><br />I buy my <b>Honey Crisp</b> apples right at the original source, the University of Minnesota Arboretum Applehouse. I missed out on the early crop gone by the first week of September but the ones they had this week were huge. One sufficed for my lunch today. Also bought some <b>Snowsweet</b> apples first released in 2006. It will be a few years for this delicious apple to appear elsewhere.<br></div></blockquote id='quote'></font id='quote'><br><br>Davydd,<br><br>I live in Mound on the Island (not on the lake) and grew up in Belle Plaine, MN. Glad to talk to a real local. Emma Krumbees in Belle Plaine also sells the Honey Crisp. My dad is a retired school teacher and in the fall works in the apple orchard and mom works in the retail store a few hours a week. I was there a few weeks ago with my kids. The place is just nuts. The scare crow festival is going on right now and selling all the apples, raspberries, strawberries (hydroponics) and everything else is going on there. Fun for young kids in the afternoon. Just a gold mine for the owner, it is kind of fun.<br><br>Todd<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448506Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:32:10 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (mncorn)Great pics, thanks, Looks like MN now. I planted a Honey Crips in my back yard 4 yars ago. Only had apples the first year. For the last three years, nothing. I have a crab apple next to it and another crap in the front yard. We have lots of flowers in the neighbor hood so I do not think that polination is a problem. I put in two tree spikes this spring and nothing. Any ideas for next year. I live in MN, just north of the University of Minnesota Arboretum Applehouse where they were produced. Any IDEAS? This could be another thread.http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448505Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:06:23 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (Davydd)I buy my <b>Honey Crisp</b> apples right at the original source, the University of Minnesota Arboretum Applehouse. I missed out on the early crop gone by the first week of September but the ones they had this week were huge. One sufficed for my lunch today. Also bought some <b>Snowsweet</b> apples first released in 2006. It will be a few years for this delicious apple to appear elsewhere.http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448504Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:56:54 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (ann peeples)Absolutely love this time of year!! Great looking apples, wonderful cider, and beautiful looking trees.Doesnt get any better than that!http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448503Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:45:54 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (CajunKing)Neither of my 2 local orchards grow Honey Crisp.<br><br>Honey Crisp is a fairly new varietal of apple, created by the Univ of MN in 1991. It is slowly moving out of the great lakes region.<br><br>Salatin's has more heirloom varietals and Beiersdorfer's has more of the &quot;popular&quot; apple varieties for cider production.<br><br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448502Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:29:35 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (mncorn)Are there any Honey Crisp apples down there? They are big in MN and also developed in MN. Great eating apple.http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448501Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:06:30 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (John A)That's great Don. Do they ship, I would love to get some Winesaps for my wife?http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448500Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:36:02 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (joerogo)Great assortment. Fresh picked and tree ripened. <img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/biggrin.gif" alt="" data-smiley="<img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/biggrin.gif" alt="" data-smiley="[:D]" />" />http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448499Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:43:43 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (CajunKing)<blockquote id='quote'><font size='1' face='Arial, Helvetica' id='quote'>quote:<div style='border: 1px #999999 solid; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding: 4px;'><i>Originally posted by Rusty246</i><br><br />&quot;Winter Banana&quot;? I'm curious about the flavor, anything like a &quot;Grapple&quot;? Also, do they grow all of these choices????<br></div></blockquote id='quote'></font id='quote'><br><br>&quot;Winter Banana <br>Parentage / Origin: Indiana, 1876 <br>Harvest / Season: Harvest: October; Season: October - February <br>Description: Good dessert and cooking apple, keeps well. Strikingly beautiful, large and waxy late apple. Green ripening to yellow, cheek overlaid with pinkish-brown. Firm, crisp, juicy flesh with the distinctive aromatic flavor for which it is named. <br>Tree Characteristics: Tree bears young and annually.&quot;<br><br>copied from <a href="http://www.allaboutapples.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.allaboutapples.com/</a><br><br>The taste of this apple is sweet with the slightest banana scent, a perfect balance of crunch and sweetness, according to Dick Salatin he uses it as a base for sweetening his cider.<br><br>I just like munching on them.<br><br>Salatins actually grows 32 different varieties of apples, mny of them are heirloom varieties, you can't get anywhere else. <br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448498Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:36:59 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (Nancypalooza)That is lovely Don! Don't zonk out on cider now!http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448497Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:10:11 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (buffetbuster)Beautiful pictures <b>CK</b>! This is such a great time of year!http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448496Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:28:47 GMTRE: An afternoon trip to the local cider mill (Rusty246)&quot;Winter Banana&quot;? I'm curious about the flavor, anything like a &quot;Grapple&quot;? Also, do they grow all of these choices????http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m448490.ashxFindPost/448495Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:55:15 GMT